In 2008, Raul Castro took the Presidency of Cuba from his ailing brother Fidel. Prior to last week's first Communist Party Central Committee meeting in 14 years, Raul promised economic reforms and what he called "systematic rejuvenation" of Party leadership. But, "We're not seeing new blood—this is the oldest blood Cuba has." That's according to Anne Louise Bardach, writer for Newsweek and the Daily Beast and author of, Without Fidel: A Death Foretold in Miami, Havana and Washington.
Cuba: A Country for Old Men
Credits
Guests:
- Ann Louise Bardach - editor-at-large for Los Angeles Magazine - @albardach
- Mauricio Claver-Carone - Cuba Democracy Advocates
- Ted Piccone - Brookings Institution - @piccone_ted
- David Wallechinsky - International Society of Olympics Historians - @westwood1sports